Tan Binh, the county keeper's house.

An old man in his fifties, dressed in the official uniform of the Qin Dynasty, is the Taishou Gou Fu of Xinping, with gray hair, sitting on the couch behind the big case with a sad face, above the lobby, there are no officials who stood in two rows with wind and fire sticks in the past, and there are no clerks who sit behind small cases and work hard to write, only four or five villagers who also have gray hair and are dressed in satin clothes, sitting on the small couch under the big case, with serious expressions.

Gou Fu coughed lightly, looked at the people in the hall, and said: "Everyone, you are all people in this Xinping City, who have been officials in the court, and are also powerful people in the city. ”

"It's a pity that now the world is in turmoil, traitors are everywhere, the king of heaven was besieged by Yan thieves in Chang'an City, and Yao Chang started from the Ling soldiers, today, his army has arrived outside the city, and his messenger also issued a letter of surrender, let us open the city of Xinping, promise that after the opening of the city, we will not kill a person in the city, nor take the people a thing. Only the city and the treasury are taken. This Xinping is everyone's Xinping, not Gou alone, so I invite you to come here today, just to discuss this matter, whether to fight or surrender, Gou does not dare to specialize! ”

Sitting in the second place on the left, a white-faced scholar in his thirties was none other than Zhao Yi, a member of the city who had been a scholar of the Qin State in Chang'an, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Gou Taishou, now is the head of the national crisis, it is when we are waiting for the things of loyalty and righteousness to go to the national disaster together, how can you say such things?" My Xinping father, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Qin, was confused for a while, killed the guards and stood on his own, in response to Huan Wen, this was enough to slaughter the city and plunder the people, but the king of heaven was benevolent, not only did he kill me Xinping, but exempted us from taxes here for three years, under the whole world, is there anyone more benevolent and righteous than the king of heaven? ”

Gou Fu nodded: "The benevolence and righteousness of the king of heaven are indeed rare in the world, but now he is too busy to take care of himself, that Yao Chang is already famous for his treacherous schemes, and he took advantage of this opportunity to stand on his own feet in Lingbei, connect the Qiang people, and the Hun Tiefu cavalry in Hetao to help, my Xinping City is small, the people are less than 10,000, and the soldiers are not more than 1,000. ”

Sitting at the bottom of the right side, a red-faced old man in his fifties is Feng Miao, a big clan in the south of the city who once served as the Taishou of Wenshan, and said angrily: "I don't agree with Gou Taishou's words, although our Xinping is small, but the city is strong, although the soldiers are few, but most of them are my Xinping disciples, who serve in the army all the year round, and our big clans, the sons and nephews of the clan, the tribesmen, and the family members, can be pulled out to fight. Gou Taishou, we all entered the city to gather and fight the Qiang thief to the end, but we didn't come to surrender! ”

Gou Fu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Feng Miao's brother, who was sitting on the top of the right and was currently the Lotus Peony Order, Feng Yu, who was also red-faced and long-bearded, and said, "Feng County Order, do you agree with Brother Ling?" ”

Feng Yu laughed: "What's wrong with this?" Our Feng family, is the Eastern Han Dynasty after the big tree general Feng Yi, generation of loyalty, in this mountain surface land, can be regarded as a strong party, never lived under these Qiang slaves, the last Eastern Jin Dynasty Northern Expedition, our Feng family is indeed the lead to take refuge, but that is because we are Han people, seeing the Han people Wang Shi coming, how can there be no reason? It's a pity that Huan Wen said that he wanted to go on the Northern Expedition, but in fact it was just a false shot, and not a single soldier came, so to speak, we were abandoned by the Jin Dynasty again! ”

"But Fu Tianwang he is different, he is not an ordinary Hu people, but better than any Han king, we Han people talk about etiquette, kindness, the grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates, these years, by the kindness of the King of Heaven, we Xinping people have lived a good life, now when the King of Heaven is in danger, how can we betray him and surrender to Yao Chang, the Qiang thief?"

Gou Fu breathed a long sigh of relief: "If the Feng family thinks like this, then it would be better." I heard that every day when you see the corner that has been cut off, you will beat your chest and stun your feet, and you are deeply ashamed, so this time, your Feng family wants to use practical actions to wash away the shame of your ancestors! ”

Feng Yu and Feng Miao glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time: "We have been preparing for this day for a long time, this time we have brought all the clansmen and troops into the city, and we can pick out 1,500 elite soldiers for the use of the Taishou, and we will not hesitate to do so!" ”

Gou Fu nodded excitedly, his eyes fell to the last one, sitting in the first place on the left, the old man who was over sixty years old and full of white hair, different from the others wearing silk plain clothes, this old man, wearing a red official robe, was a high-ranking official at the level of a large county guard, about 2,000 stones, and it was precisely because of this that his status was obviously higher than everyone else, and even the seat was a little independent, it was Feng Jie, who had been the Taishou of Liaoxi County and the patriarch of the first clan in the city.

Gou Fu looked at Feng Jie, the three Feng brothers, although the ancestors are the same Feng Yi, but after hundreds of years, they have already spent the leaves, Feng Yu and Feng Miao are still cousins within the five suits, living outside the city, and this Feng Jie is the first big family in the city, starting from the Western Jin Dynasty, their family is the first strong in this Xinping, and even the Lingbiao region, and they have been officials for generations, and today, it is the key to war and surrender, and it will finally fall on this Feng Jie.

Feng Jie's eyes have been squinting slightly, just now, whether Gou Fu said that he wanted to surrender, or everyone else said that he wanted to fight, he didn't say a word, and even his expression did not change, now, everyone's eyes were focused on him, and the other wealthy families had not received any news of his inclination before, and their eyes were also full of expectation, because, even if they wanted to fight, as long as Feng Jie wanted to surrender, it was still irreversible. Even Feng Jie does not fight or surrender, as long as he does not contribute in the city, it is difficult to be the tiger wolf of the tens of thousands of Qiang army if he only relies on the combined strength of two or three thousand people of these families, and cooperates with the more than 1,000 defenders in the city.

Feng Jie slowly opened his eyes, his gaze swept over his faces, and said calmly: "Everyone, you say, what is the city wall in the southeast corner with a corner cut off?" ”

Feng Miao gritted his teeth and said, "It is the kindness of the Heavenly King to us, and we want to remember it forever!" ”

Feng Jie shook his head, and his voice became heavy: "No, that's not kindness, it's a shame, a shame for all of us in Xinping." As a Han people, knowing the book and answering the gift, as a border citizen, loyal and righteous from generation to generation, guarding the door for the country, and enjoying the grace of the country, the national disaster is the head, not thinking about retribution, but it is a surrender of the city, and the face of our ancestors has been lost! ”

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